衍 (yǎn)
to spread out/to derive
How 衍 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 行 — go/do
- Traditional
- 衍
- Simplified
- 衍 (unchanged)
Components
- 行 go/do
- 氵 water
Common words using 衍
- 敷衍 fūyǎn
- to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory
- 繁衍 fányǎn
- to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
- 衍生 yǎnshēng
- to give rise to; to derive; derivative
- 衍生物 yǎnshēngwù
- a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
- 衍化 yǎnhuà
- to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change
- 衍射 yǎnshè
- diffraction
- 衍變 yǎnbiàn
- to develop; to evolve
衍 in a sentence
這個問題衍生出很多麻煩。
Zhège wèntí yǎnshēng chū hěn duō máfan.
“This problem has derived (caused) a lot of trouble.”
How common is 衍?
衍 is the 2,432nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.4% of all running text.
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